For me it’s a lecture or talk on an unfamiliar topic that I didn’t know I had to give. Often delivered in impossible situations like a burning building or a flood
38, still have nightmares of exams and sometimes whole classes. Waking up amd scrambling to find my homework only to remember I've been out of school for ages
the way it switched overnight from "I have to take this exam but I haven't studied for it" to "I have to deliver this exam but I haven't prepared it"...
I hear you! Somehow it changed from realizing that I'd forgotten to review a particular topic, to realizing I'd forgotten to submit the exam to the printer ....
I am sending all posters a huge warm Mum hug. I think you are all doing great at your jobs and will absolutely hit those deadlines. I wish I could send you all chocolate x
I haven't been a student for more than 30 years and most nights I'm still late for class, can't find the classroom and somehow forgot to put on clothes.
I had the one about having to go up and give a presentation in class, and realizing partway through that you're naked. And then it turned into a dream about my usual Tuesday morning lecture. Funny thing is, nobody in it seemed to think that was weird!
Today's the 22nd anniversary of my PhD defense.
My fever dreams now revolve around questioning whether I (1) hit the "Submit" button on Canvas and (2) questioning whether I actually uploaded the right file.
Are you administering them nude because taking a test unprepared nude was a constant nightmare during finals for me . Idk why because that’s never going to happen 🤷🏼♀️
I was a professor for seven years and so do I, but I also get dreams where was supposed to teach a class, but have missed weeks or months of meetings. I also still get frequent dreams where I'm back in somewhere from K-12 or undergrad. Sometimes my PhD will be revoked if I don't fix something there.
I graduated in 09 and I still have dreams where I suddenly remember I'm enrolled in the World's Most Difficult Math Class and I haven't gone to a single lecture and its finals time. Usually combined with "I need this class to graduate" and "why is the building an infinite labyrinth?"
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Every semester.
In the dreams, I arrive to find I've been switch to teaching French. It's always French. Sometimes I'm n@ked.
I teach chemistry. I do not speak French.
I wake up in a cold sweat every time.
Today's the 22nd anniversary of my PhD defense.
Like how very old Jews get another bar mitzvah
Wait. What?
I know mine probably comes from excessive catholic guilt, and even tho I've moved on from organized religion, some things just remain.